diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index f8d730f..07fd035 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  7 12:05:37 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Simplfy bootstrapping of libtinfo and its fallback.c
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  6 11:30:22 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 5712478..fc79c0c 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 	--with-ticlib=tic	\
 	--with-pc-suffix	\
 	--enable-pc-files	\
+%if 0%{?_crossbuild}
+	--with-fallbacks="$FALLBK" \
+%else
+	--with-fallbacks=""	\
+%endif
 %if %{with symversion}
 	--with-versioned-syms=${PWD}/package/ncursest.map \
 %endif
@@ -494,22 +499,24 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     #  It has been verified several times that this works.
     #
     c=$(grep '^ *$ *\./configure' config.log)
+    make -C c++ etip.h
+    make %{?_smp_mflags}
+    #
+    # Refresh second install path
+    #
+    rm -rf %{root}
+    mkdir  %{root}
+%if !0%{?_crossbuild}
     #
     # This is a hack to be able to boot strap libncurses with
     # our preferred fallback.c.  For this we need the appropiate
-    # tools list infocmp(1) and tic(1).  The first step is with
-    # an empty fallback.c, then we include the latest terminfo
+    # tools list infocmp(1) and tic(1).  The first step was with
+    # an empty fallback.c, now we include the latest terminfo
     # of our preferred fallback terminfo list into the final
     # fallback.c.
     #
-    make %{?_smp_mflags} -C include
-    make %{?_smp_mflags} -C ncurses fallback.c FALLBACK_LIST=""
-%if !0%{?_crossbuild}
-    make %{?_smp_mflags} -C progs   termsort.c transform.h infocmp tic
     cp -p progs/tic progs/tic.build
     cp -p progs/infocmp progs/infocmp.build
-%endif
-    rm   -f ncurses/fallback.c
     PATH=$PWD/progs:$OPATH
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/lib
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH
@@ -518,13 +525,8 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 	export TERMINFO
 	mkdir -p $TERMINFO
 	(cat > ${PWD}/.build_tic)<<-EOF
-%if 0%{?_crossbuild}
-		export BUILD_TIC=/usr/bin/tic
-		export BUILD_INFOCMP=/usr/bin/infocmp
-%else
 		export BUILD_TIC=$PWD/../progs/tic.build
 		export BUILD_INFOCMP=$PWD/../progs/infocmp.build
-%endif
 	EOF
 	. ${PWD}/.build_tic
 	$BUILD_TIC -I -r -e $FALLBK ../misc/terminfo.src > terminfo.src
@@ -537,17 +539,18 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     PATH=$OPATH
     unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     #
-    # Refresh second install path
-    #
-    rm -rf %{root}
-    mkdir  %{root}
-    #
     # Now rebuild libncurses and do the rest of this job
     #
     find -name fallback.o | xargs -r rm -vf
     cp fallback.c.build ncurses/fallback.c
     make -C c++ etip.h
     make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%else
+    (cat > ${PWD}/.build_tic)<<-EOF
+	export BUILD_TIC=/usr/bin/tic
+	export BUILD_INFOCMP=/usr/bin/infocmp
+	EOF
+%endif
     # must not use %jobs here (would lead to: ln: ncurses.h already exists)
     make install DESTDIR=%{root} includedir=%{_incdir} includesubdir=/ncurses libdir=%{_libdir}
     ln -sf %{_incdir}/ncurses/{curses,ncurses,term,termcap}.h %{root}%{_incdir}
@@ -588,8 +591,10 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 				    --without-progs
     sleep 1
     kill $pid
+%if !0%{?_crossbuild}
     find -name fallback.o | xargs -r rm -vf
     cp fallback.c.build ncurses/fallback.c
+%endif
     make -C c++ etip.h
     make %{?_smp_mflags}
     sed -ri 's@^(LDFLAGS=)$@\1-L\\${libdir}@
@@ -634,8 +639,10 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 				    --without-progs
     sleep 1
     kill $pid
+%if !0%{?_crossbuild}
     find -name fallback.o | xargs -r rm -vf
     cp fallback.c.build ncurses/fallback.c
+%endif
     make -C c++ etip.h
     make %{?_smp_mflags}
     # must not use %jobs here (would lead to: ln: ncurses.h already exists)
@@ -666,8 +673,10 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 				    --without-progs
     sleep 1
     kill $pid
+%if !0%{?_crossbuild}
     find -name fallback.o | xargs -r rm -vf
     cp fallback.c.build ncurses/fallback.c
+%endif
     make -C c++ etip.h
     make %{?_smp_mflags}
     sed -ri 's@^(LDFLAGS=)$@\1-L\\${libdir}@